On Monday, December 8, 2025, the Mayanot Institute of Jewish Studies will celebrate the grand opening of the Mayanot World Center, marking a new chapter for Chabad’s flagship learning institution in Israel.
The Crown Heights Jewish Community Council (CHJCC), together with Rabbi Lazer Avtzon, is launching December Life Insurance Awareness Month, a community-wide effort to promote education and responsible planning around life insurance.
Military and Foreign Ministry representatives notified the family of Thai national Sudthisak Rinthalak that his body was returned to Israel by Palestinian terror groups, after forensic experts completed identification efforts.
Mayor Eric Adams announced an executive order Wednesday barring New York City from making business or pension investment decisions that discriminate against Israel — in a veiled swipe at his BDS-supporting successor Zohran Mamdani.
Katz and Katz (nee Chaya) Dov from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
Mendel Raitport (Brooklyn, NY) to Devora Haskelevich (Philadelphia, PA)
Following the success and overwhelmingly positive feedback of previous years, Crown Heights families now have the opportunity to join a Menorah Parade on any night of Chanukah.
The incident occurred at the famous synagogue of the Sadigura Chassidic dynasty, the Kloyz Kadisha (the Holy Synagogue). The site is a place of pilgrimage and prayer for Chassidim, and serves as a living memorial to the start of an era.
Oholei Torah held a vibrant and uplifting Motzei Shabbos event for young alumni, on Yud Kislev, drawing an exceptional turnout of more than two hundred fifty participants between the ages of twenty two and thirty two.
Neve Shamir’s new Anglo community is mostly recent olim — without local family or friends to support them. There’s also a quiet stream of individuals who grew up ultra-orthodox but didn’t quite fit in back home, seeking a community that accepts them as they are.
Yisroel Benjaminson (Glenview, IL) to Liba Wilansky (Portland, MN)
The Trump administration has threatened to cut off New Yorkers’ SNAP benefits if it doesn’t receive recipients’ data from state leaders.
Following a record 43-day government shutdown, funding for Section 8 housing assistance has been delayed for December, according to a statement from the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA).
Watch as Chabad singer Avraham Fried sings Hup Kozak with an orchestral backing at Israel Live show.
In honor of Yud Daled Kislev, Anshei Lubavitch is bringing an evening of Sholom Bayis to the community. Men and women are invited to join Rabbi Manis Friedman with Dr. Danial Shonbuch to discuss how to make marriages better.
Oholei Torah’s annual Bochur Tog for the Mechina 8th grade took place this week on Chag HaGeulah Yud Kislev, filling the zal with energy as the bochurim spent the afternoon tending to their personal items and deepening their hiddur mitzvah.
Eliyahu Rosenbluh (Monsey, NY) to Yocheved Deutch (Samara, Russia) L’Chaim: Tonight, Tuesday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Crown Street
